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Jason Samuels, former communications director for Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., has had quite the past year. The latest incident? The shooting at YouTube's HQ in San Bruno, Calif., where he's a new employee.

A woman with a gun opened fire at the headquarters of YouTube, shooting other people before committing suicide.
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Jason Samuels, former communications director for Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., has had quite the past year.

In June, his boss was shot at while practicing for a congressional charity baseball game at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in an upscale area of Alexandria, Va. Flake wasn't hurt, but Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the GOP whip, was wounded as were two U.S. Capitol police officers and a congressional aide. The gunman was killed in a shootout with police.

Oct. 1, Samuels' sister and her fiance were enjoying the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas when Stephen Paddock opened fire from the Mandalay Bay hotel, killing 58 and wounding hundreds.

"Fortunately she was away from the stage getting food near the rear of the venue when the shooting started," Samuels wrote in an email to USA TODAY.

And just when Samuels thought he was in for a perhaps-less-exciting-than-government job at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., his new employer was rocked by a shooting Tuesday that left four injured and the suspect dead.

Then later, Samuels tweeted about the gun violence that sent his new co-workers scrambling for safety: "The feeling that this is somehow the new normal is just heartbreaking."

In June my boss was shot at in #Alexandria. In November my sister was shot at in #LasVegas. Today my new coworkers were shot at in #SanBruno. And I'm sure there are others with similar stories. The feeling that this is somehow the new normal is just heartbreaking.

Samuels seems to be somewhat of a news magnet. In October 2016, he and fiancée Courtney Singer were supposed to tie the knot in Charleston, S.C., but those plans got blown into a delay by incoming Hurricane Matthew, according to Roll Call.